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Old Thu Mar 17, 2011, 12:19am
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Originally Posted by kylejt View Post
If you look at the forward contact area of the mask vs the helmet, you'll see how much more effective the mask is in distributing energy over a wider area. Plus, the padding on all my masks are far thicker than on my helmet. It's not even close.
The thickness of the padding is relatively inconsequential to its energy distribution characteristics. The material used, how it contacts the forehead and several other qualities will determine its effectiveness. I am not an physicist-engineer and would suggest that we leave the complicated physics of energy absorption and release to the physicists.
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Now granted, a square shot on the Shock helmet's grill may absorb a lot of energy via those bumpers. But that's only on a straight on blow.
See above.
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